Found 3 items, similar to Thread.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: thread benang, mendrat, menempuh, menganggit, tapak
English → English (WordNet) Definition: thread thread n 1: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving [syn: yarn] 2: any long object resembling a thin line; “a mere ribbon of land”; “the lighted ribbon of traffic”; “from the air the road was a gray thread”; “a thread of smoke climbed upward” [syn: ribbon] 3: the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; “I couldn't follow his train of thought”; “he lost the thread of his argument” [syn: train of thought ] 4: the raised helical rib going around a screw [syn: screw thread ] thread v 1: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; “the river winds through the hills”; “the path meanders through the vineyards”; “sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body” [syn: weave, wind, meander, wander] 2: pass a thread through; “thread a needle” 3: remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; “She had her eyebrows threaded” 4: pass through or into; “thread tape”; “thread film” 5: thread on or as if on a string; “string pearls on a string”; “the child drew glass beads on a string”; “thread dried cranberries” [syn: string, draw]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Thread Thread \Thread\ (thr[e^]d), n. [OE. threed, [thorn]red, AS. [thorn]r[=ae]d; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. dr[=a]t, Icel. [thorn]r[=a][eth]r a thread, Sw. tr[*a]d, Dan. traad, and AS. [thorn]r[=a]wan to twist. See Throw, and cf. Third.] 1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted; also, one fiber of a cord composed of multiple fibers. [1913 Webster] 2. A filament of any substance, as of glass, gold or silver; a filamentous part of an object, such as a flower; a component fiber of any or of any fibrous substance, as of bark. [1913 Webster] 3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1. [1913 Webster] 4. (Fig.) Something continued in a long course or tenor; a recurrent theme or related sequence of events in a larger story; as the thread of a story, or of life, or of a discourse. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 6. (Computers) A related sequence of instructions or actions within a program that runs at least in part independent of other actions within the program; -- such threads are capable of being executed only in oprating systems permittnig multitasking. [PJC] 7. (Computers) A sequence of messages posted to an on-line newsgroup or discussion group, dealing with the same topic; -- messages in such a thread typically refer to a previous posting, thus allowing their identification as part of the thread. Some news-reading programs allow a user to follow a single such thread independent of the other postings to that newsgroup. [PJC] Air thread, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer. Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs.] --Shak. Thread cell (Zo["o]l.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso. Thread herring (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard. Thread lace, lace made of linen thread. Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle. [1913 Webster] Thread \Thread\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading.] 1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle. [1913 Webster] 2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid. [1913 Webster] Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus. --Mitford. [1913 Webster] They would not thread the gates. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut. [1913 Webster]